The Art of Harriet Myfanwy Nia Tahany
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Harriet Myfanwy Nia Tahany
Artist, mother, lover, dreamer, mind traveller and believer in the infinite possibilities that life is.
I am originally from Swansea in South Wales and spent most of my childhood living in the South East urban environment of inner city London, my family being of Irish decent, moved to the stunning rural countryside of Co. Leitrim Ireland when I was sixteen, where I live to date now with my beautiful family: my husband and two sons. I studied Fine Art at Sligo IT and went on to Graduate with a Master of Fine Arts (MFA) at the University of Ulster.
My artwork is multidisciplinary created with charcoal, oils, acrylics, spray paints, resins and many different combinations through mixed media works. Creating art is a very integral part of me, I am very passionate about my journey of self discovery through my artworks, the work is personal beneath the formal explored themes, ideas and inspirations they contain. The artwork becomes an energy container that acts as a personal archive of memory, a recording of some emotive expression of me; it is through art I gain knowledge of myself.
My exhibition and more thematic work is mainly narrative based artworks, always featuring distinctive big eyed feminine characters. Much of my work has been an ongoing exploration of themes inspired by fairy tales, folk-law, nursery rhymes, mythology and the metaphysical realms of non-linear narratives these stories occupy. I grew up with these stories and enjoyed fantasy genres where animals could talk and magic is real. These stories provided an ongoing source of inspiration and exploration for me, there is something special about the way the narrative stays with me, in its enchanting simplicity, transporting me to another world full of wonder and adventure. They challenge me to make sense of these other worlds and stimulate my imagination to steer a way through them. By exploring these characters I find myself put in their place, finding metaphors and real world wisdom, the stories act as a transformational tool, the concept of ‘self’ becomes transformed as the images and allegories in these stories stay with me, even after returning to the ‘real’ world.
My artworks like myself are ever changing and developing, I am always open to new projects and opportunities to learn and grow as an artist in everything I do.
— Harriet Myfanwy Nia Tahany
Love & Awareness 2023
Mixed Media on Canvas
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Harlequin Mermaiden 2020.
Watercolour on Bockingford Watercolour Paper.








In Japanese folklore, it is said that a cat who live long enough can become Yōkai, supernatural beings with a gift for magic and a special kind of mischief. The Bakeneko learns to walk upright on two paws and take human form. The Nekomata, older and wiser still, grows a second tail and speaks with eerie knowing.
She might be one of them.
Or something rarer still, part girl, part feline trickster, born between worlds.
She moves like a memory you’re trying to hold onto, the kind that changes shape every time you think about it, or every time you see her.
The white cats arrived with her, before I even understood who she was. They appeared naturally in the earliest pencil sketch, gathering around her as if summoned by her very presence.
They're not pets. They’re drawn to her, pulled in by a quiet magnetism. Companions, maybe. Or students, hoping to understand how she shifts, how she softens and sharpens at will. Watching closely, trying to understand how she is a “Cat Like Me.”
To watch her is to feel that shape and form are never fixed. That maybe you, too, could change. She intentionally knocks things off shelves just to see how they fall, disturbing the stillness, snapping you out of the mindless trance her presence seems to evoke and reminding you that wonder sometimes arrives disguised as disruption.
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✦ About the Print
Digitally reproduced from a high resolution scan of MyfanwyNia’s original watercolour, this fine-art print captures every delicate brushstroke and hue of the hand-painted piece.
Each print is created using a xerographic process - an image-forming technique that uses a light-sensitive photoconductive surface whose electrical resistance changes when exposed to light. This precision laser method fuses dry pigment to the paper’s surface rather than allowing it to soak in, giving the artwork a distinctive richness and depth. The tones appear slightly raised, with a natural sheen that shifts beautifully in the light once the heat has set the pigment.
Because this process uses dry pigment, it allows for printing on luxurious coated pearlescent paper - a softly shimmering surface that enhances the dreamlike quality of the artwork.
Each print is carefully produced in the artist’s studio by MyfanwyNia herself, ensuring the highest attention to detail and finish.
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✦ Details
Print Technique: Xerograph on pearlescent paper (300gsm)
Limited Edition: 20 prints per size.
Signed & Numbered: Each print includes a Certificate of Authenticity.
Available Sizes:
Small: A5: 148.5 x 210 mm (mounted to A4: 210 x 297 mm)
Large: A4: 210 x 297 mm (mounted to A3: 297 x 420 mm)
Framing Options: Both sizes are available framed or unframed.
Frames are a simple white design with durable acrylic glazing for clarity and safety. Each print comes mounted within the frame and is ready to hang, fitted with strong D-rings and ribbon for secure display.
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